Dome of the Rock: A Target of Muslim Extremists.

From: Israel Faxx | Date: March 21, 2007 | Copyright information

By Emanuel A. Winston (Commentary)

Concern has been raised in Israel that Islamic terrorists such as Hamas or Al Qaeda may target the Muslim shrine of the Dome of the Rock or Al Aksa Mosque which both sit atop the site of the Jewish Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

The Islamic terrorists would then blame Israel to arouse Muslim anger in order to trigger a war in the Middle East. The subsequent loss of Muslim lives is of little concern to them. On the contrary, they ...

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